Funders › CA › Good Ventures Foundation › 2019
Grants paid by Good Ventures Foundation, tax year 2019
EIN 46-1008520 · Palo Alto, CA · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T22
In tax year 2019, Good Ventures Foundation (EIN 46-1008520) reported 59 grants paid totaling $104,308,451. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2019
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | B | $38,000,000 | approved, future | ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ACADEMIC CENTER AT THE EDMUND A WALSH SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Sherlock Biosciences Cambridge, MA | U | $10,000,000 | paid | DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE VERSION OF THE SHERLOCK TECHNOLOGY | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Openai Inc San Francisco, CA | B | $10,000,000 | paid | ADVANCED DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | B | $10,000,000 | paid | ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ACADEMIC CENTER AT THE EDMUND A WALSH SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Sightsavers Inc Boston, MA | B | $9,700,000 | paid | WORK ON DEWORMING PROGRAMS | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Oxford University Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE | U | $7,864,551 | paid | FUTURE OF HUMANITY INSTITUTE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Helen Keller International New York, NY | C | $6,500,000 | paid | WORK IN VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | B | $5,000,000 | paid | ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ACADEMIC CENTER AT THE EDMUND A WALSH SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | U | $4,500,000 | approved, future | SUPPORT WORK AT UWC CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH'S BEHAVIORAL AND HEALTH GENOMICS CENTER | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | C | $4,247,744 | paid | DEVELOPMENT OF BLOOD-BASED DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR ALZHEIMER'S | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Tides Center San Francisco, CA | B | $3,000,000 | paid | ALLIANCE FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | C | $2,546,962 | paid | RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF THE MICROBIOME ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Givedirectly Inc New York, NY | B | $2,500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | The End Fund New York, NY | B | $2,500,000 | paid | DEWORMING PROJECTS | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | The Against Malaria Foundation Kansas City, MO | B | $2,500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR CONTROL OVER AND ERADICATION OF MALARIA | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $2,322,876 | paid | RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF THE MICROBIOME ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Oxford University Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE | U | $2,284,293 | paid | FUTURE OF HUMANITY INSTITUTE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | U | $2,250,000 | paid | SUPPORT WORK AT UWC CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH'S BEHAVIORAL AND HEALTH GENOMICS CENTER | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | B | $2,000,000 | paid | ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ACADEMIC CENTER AT THE EDMUND A WALSH SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | U | $1,944,704 | paid | RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF THE MICROBIOME ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | B | $1,926,923 | paid | RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF THE MICROBIOME ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Oxford University Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE | U | $1,882,965 | paid | FUTURE OF HUMANITY INSTITUTE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Washington, DC | B | $1,750,000 | approved, future | RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN SEX-SELECT EGGS AT SCALE AND REPLACE THE NEED FOR CHICK CULLING | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Washington University St Louis, MO | C | $1,726,594 | paid | RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF THE MICROBIOME ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Regents of the University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA | U | $1,276,500 | paid | ESTABLISH AND OPERATE THE CENTER FOR HUMAN-COMPATIBLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Washington, DC | B | $1,250,000 | paid | RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN SEX-SELECT EGGS AT SCALE AND REPLACE THE NEED FOR CHICK CULLING | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | C | $1,200,000 | approved, future | RESEARCH IN THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND COOPERATION | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | National Foundation for the Cdc Atlanta, GA | U | $1,044,501 | paid | RESEARCH IN MOSQUITOES AND MALARIA CONTROL | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | University of California San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA | C | $1,021,318 | paid | RESEARCH ON CORTICAL MECHANISMS THAT UNDERLIE THE EXPERIENCE OF PAIN | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | University of Queensland in America Washington, DC | C | $966,424 | approved, future | CREATION OF ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS INSTITUTE IN CHINA | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Tides Center San Francisco, CA | B | $750,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR FAIR AND JUST PROSECUTION PROJECT | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Tides Center San Francisco, CA | B | $750,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR FAIR AND JUST PROSECUTION PROJECT | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Center for Global Development Washington, DC | B | $709,888 | paid | INCUBATION OF AN ORG THAT WILL PROMOTE THE LIBERALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR MARKETS | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Oxford University Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE | U | $531,597 | paid | GLOBAL PRIORITIES INSTITUTE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | International Refugee Assistance Project New York, NY | B | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Usona Institute Madison, WI | B | $500,000 | paid | RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL TESTING USE OF PSILOCYBIN-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY TO TREAT DEPRESSION | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | International Refugee Assistance Project New York, NY | B | $500,000 | approved, future | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | University of Queensland in America Washington, DC | C | $496,401 | paid | CREATION OF ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS INSTITUTE IN CHINA | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Project Peanut Butter Maplewood, MO | B | $484,785 | approved, future | RESEARCH ON EFFECTS OF THERAPEUTIC FOODS ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN CHILDREN | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Altruistic Technology Labs Inc Berkeley, CA | U | $440,525 | paid | TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CATASTROPHIC BIOLOGICAL RISK PREVENTION | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | C | $425,000 | paid | RESEARCH IN THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND COOPERATION | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH | U | $275,000 | paid | RESEARCH ON PRODUCTION OF ALZHEIMER'S-LIKE SYMPTOMS BY HERPES 1 INFECTIONS IN MICE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Regents of the University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA | U | $200,000 | paid | EDITING OF RICE GENOME FOR INCREASED DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT | U | $180,000 | paid | MODIFICATION OF VASCULAR PERMEABILITY BY MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST KEY REGULATORY PROTEINS | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | The Trustees of Princeton University Princeton, NJ | U | $170,000 | paid | TRANSLATION OF BOOKS ON FARM ANIMAL WELFARE AND RELATED ETHICAL ISSUES INTO MANDARIN CHINESE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | The Ordinary People Society Dothan, AL | B | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Urban Justice Center New York, NY | B | $150,000 | paid | CORRECTIONS ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Employ America Washington, DC | C | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Community Works West Oakland, CA | B | $150,000 | paid | SUPPORT THE CORRECTIONS ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Forward Justice Durham, NC | C | $150,000 | paid | WORK ON PROSECUTORIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND ORGANIZING PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Royal Veterinary College London | U | $130,850 | paid | PHASE ONE RESEARCH INTO HEAD-ONLY ELECTRICAL STUNNING FOR HALAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Justice Solutions Ashburn, VA | U | $115,000 | paid | WORK ON THE FAIRNESS, DIGNITY & RESPECT FOR CRIME SURVIVORS PROJECT | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA | U | $109,063 | paid | RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR FOOD PRODUCTION FROM UNCONVENTIONAL SOURCES IN A SITUATION OF LOW GLOBAL INSOLATION | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Texas Inmate Families Association Austin, TX | U | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Geneva | D | $100,000 | paid | WORK IN UNIVERSAL SALT IODIZATION | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | C | $100,000 | paid | RESEARCH ON MACHINE LEARNING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Living Goods San Francisco, CA | C | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | The Good Food Institute Washington, DC | D | $92,000 | approved, future | FARM ANIMAL WELFARE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Chicago Community Bond Fund Chicago, IL | B | $80,000 | paid | COORDINATOR FOR A COALITION WORKING ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | University of British Columbia Vancouver Bc, BRITISH COLUMBIA | D | $50,186 | paid | GRADUATE WORK ON PIG WELFARE IN CHINA | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | The Trustees of Princeton University Princeton, NJ | U | $50,000 | paid | RESEARCH THAT WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR AUTHOR TO UPDATE THE BOOK 'ANIMAL LIBERATION' | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation Wellesley Hills, MA | B | $33,941 | paid | ANNUAL RESEARCH LEADERSHIP GROUP MEETING | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | University of Sydney Sydney, NEW SOUTH WALES | U | $32,621 | paid | 2019 GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY CONFERENCE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Oxford University Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE | U | $26,086 | paid | RESEARCH OF THE MATHEMATICAL ECOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP AND ASSOCIATED COSTS | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Reducetarian Foundation Los Angeles, CA | B | $20,550 | paid | RESEARCH ON IMPACT OF REDUCED ANIMAL PRODUCT CONSUMPTION | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Columbia University New York, NY | B | $20,000 | paid | TRAVEL COSTS FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE ATTENDING THE BEYOND THE BARS CONFERENCE | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Oxford University Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE | U | $15,000 | paid | RESEARCH COSTS | 202001369349101650 |
| 2019 | Oxford University Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE | U | $6,812 | paid | UEHIRO CENTRE FOR PRACTICAL ETHICS - HOST A WORKSHOP ON ANIMAL SENTIENCE | 202001369349101650 |
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Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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