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Grant: Michael Specter — Existential Risk Courses at MIT (2023) (Coefficient Giving → Michael Specter)

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1 check · 4/9/2026

Deterministic match: grantee, amount, date matched in source snapshot (2714 rows)

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Name
Michael Specter — Existential Risk Courses at MIT (2023)
Amount
$60,000
Currency
USD
Date
September 2023
Notes
[Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $60,000 to Michael Specter to support his work teaching two courses related to existential risk at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This follows our September 2022 support for teachiexpand[Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $60,000 to Michael Specter to support his work teaching two courses related to existential risk at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This follows our September 2022 support for teaching the same courses in a previous year. We sought applications for this funding to support the development of courses on a range of topics that are relevant to certain areas of Open Philanthropy’s grantmaking.

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confirmed95%deterministic-row-match · 4/9/2026
Name
Michael Specter — Existential Risk Courses at MIT (2023)
Grantee
Michael Specter
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$60,000.00
Date
September 2023

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Case № f8V58VZ0byFiled 4/9/2026Confidence 95%