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Manifund (AI safety regranting)
aka Manifund, manifund ai safety regranting
Manifund runs a regranting program that gives independent budgets ($100k+) to expert regrantors in AI safety, who recommend fast grants of roughly $5k-$50k to seed early-stage projects, independent researchers, and field-building work. Projects can also be posted publicly on the platform for ongoing crowdfunding from donors and regrantors. Regrants go to registered charities and individuals, with for-profit organizations eligible pending due diligence.1,2,3,4
Programs
4 programs on fileLeo Gao's Experimental Microgranting Program
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Manifund AI Safety Regranting
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Manifund Falcon Fund — AI × Animal Welfare Grants
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Surplus
0 grants tracked · Ended · In rounds
2026 cohort applications: Closed, deadline 2026-06-24
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Leo Gao's Experimental Microgranting ProgramNo cadence on file
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Manifund Falcon Fund — AI × Animal Welfare GrantsNo cadence on file
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Awards
108 on fileShowing 51-75 of 108, newest dated evidence first
RecipientProgramAmountDateEvidence
- ICML Workshop Travel: Cross-Constitution Drift in LLM Character TrainingProgramRyan Kidd (regrantor)Amount$2030 (PENDING)Date–
- Implicit planning in LLMs PaperProgramNeel Nanda (regrantor)Amount$1000Date–
- Independent Interpretability Research on Detecting Deceptive Behaviors in LLMsProgramRyan Kidd (regrantor)Amount$1000 (PENDING)Date–
- Independent research to improve SAEs (4-6 months)ProgramNeel Nanda (regrantor)Amount$55000Date–
- Inspect EvalsProgramMarius Hobbhahn (regrantor)Amount$10000Date–
- Inspect EvalsProgramNeel Nanda (regrantor)Amount$19703Date–
- Inspect EvalsProgramRyan Kidd (regrantor)Amount$19997Date–
- Introductory resources for Singular Learning TheoryProgramAdam Gleave (regrantor)Amount$10530Date–
- Investigating and informing the public about the trajectory of AIProgramNeel Nanda (regrantor)Amount$5000Date–
- Isolating CBRN Knowledge in LLMs for Safety - Phase 2 (Research)ProgramMarcus Abramovitch (regrantor)Amount$24110.16Date–
- Isolating CBRN Knowledge in LLMs for Safety - Phase 2 (Research)ProgramRyan Kidd (regrantor)Amount$2500Date–
- Joseph Bloom - Independent AI Safety ResearchProgramMarcus Abramovitch (regrantor)Amount$25000Date–
- Keep Apart Research Going: Global AI Safety Research & Talent PipelineProgramRichard Ngo (regrantor)Amount$100000Date–
- Keep Apart Research Going: Global AI Safety Research & Talent PipelineProgramGavin Leech (regrantor)Amount$4500Date–
- ProgramThomas Larsen (regrantor)Amount$10000Date–
- ProgramMarius Hobbhahn (regrantor)Amount$25000Date–
- ProgramAlexandra Bates (regrantor)Amount$50000Date–
- LLMMatrix: Synthetic World Benchmark for Contamination Free LLM ForcastingProgramRyan Kidd (regrantor)Amount$2000Date–
- Lyptus Research: Bridge FundingProgramJoel Becker (regrantor)Amount$99980Date–
- Make ALERT happenProgramGavin Leech (regrantor)Amount$5000Date–
- Mapping neuroscience and mechanistic interpretabilityProgramJoel Becker (regrantor)Amount$1750Date–
- MATS 10.0 Neel Subliminal LearningProgramNeel Nanda (regrantor)Amount$19200Date–
- Measuring the Epistemic Cost-Effectiveness of AI Safety ContentProgramMarcus Abramovitch (regrantor)Amount$5000Date–
- Mechanistic Interpretability Research on Detecting Deceptive Behaviors in LLMsProgramRyan Kidd (regrantor)Amount$1000 (PENDING)Date–
- Mitigating Reward Hacking Through RL Training InterventionsProgramNeel Nanda (regrantor)Amount$7900Date–
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Programs
108
Awards
93
Grantees
$2.3M
Known USD
0
Current rounds
2
Active programs
Active
Status
Focus Areas
AI safety, early-stage / seed funding, AI safety research, field-building, independent researchers, public goods funding infrastructure.
Typical size$5k-$50k per regrant (regrantors hold independent budgets of $100k+)
CadenceRolling -- regrantors can initiate fast grants at any time; projects can also be posted on the platform for ongoing crowdfunding.