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Grant recipient EIN 81-4820272Disaster relief and public safety

Who funds Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative?

4 private foundations gave Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative in San Diego, CA $3.1 million across 11 grants, in tax years 2020 to 2023.

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Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2020 to 2023, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

11 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Founders Pledge IncNew York, NY 2023

    General support of beri-cltc and beri-chai collaborations, mats london

    $881,000
  2. Good Ventures FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2023

    ML alignment theory scholars program

    $237,000
  3. Good Ventures FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2023

    Creation of a scalable oversight dataset

    $70,000
  4. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $22
  5. Founders Pledge IncNew York, NY 2022

    General support of beri-chai and beri-all collaborations

    $318,000
  6. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $27
  7. Founders Pledge IncNew York, NY 2021

    Centre for the study of existential risk at cambridge university; machine learning research engineer program; beri-chai collaboration; support of the work of robert trager and joslyn barnhart on ai governance; the stanford existential risks initiative; the future of humanity institute at oxford university

    $1,596,000
  8. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $15
  9. Founders Pledge IncNew York, NY 2020

    General support of beri/cser collaboration

    $20,000
  10. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2020

    General support

    $2,499
  11. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $18

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other disaster relief and public safety organizations in Walnut, CA and are not among Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative’s funders above.

  1. Sergey Brin Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 1 grant Preselected only $500,000 to similar organizations
  2. Joy FoundationAspen, CO 1 grant Preselected only $1,500 to similar organizations
  3. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 3 grants Preselected only $700 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 81-4820272 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.