Manifund

Leo’s experimental Manifund microgrants offer $10,000 for ambitious projects intended to help AGI go well. Apply only through the specified form, with up to 1,000 words written and typed by the applicant; AI-written or edited applications are rejected. There is no guaranteed response time, and the program can change or stop.

Manifund’s AI Safety Regranting program assigns independent budgets to expert regrantors, who recommend grants using their field knowledge. Manifund reviews recommendations before distributing funds. Projects may include charities, individuals and early-stage work; amounts vary, and regrantor budgets are distinct from individual awards. Projects seek funding by posting a public proposal through Manifund's open call; regrantors choose what to fund.

Manifund's Falcon Fund, led by regrantor Marcus Abramovitch, makes rapid (about one-week), early-stage grants across animal welfare, with a focus on the intersection of animals and transformative AI, such as animal harm benchmarks, animal welfare constitutions for AI systems and watchdog work on AI in farming. Proposals, primarily of $25k to $150k, are submitted as public projects on Manifund on a rolling basis with no deadline; as of September 29, 2026 the fund had $500k to give away and had made 5 grants totalling $140k.