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Organization Profile

Survival and Flourishing Fund

aka Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF), SFF, survival flourishing sff
NonprofitAI Safety & Existential Risk FundingActivesurvivalandflourishing.fund
A fund organizing the collection and evaluation of donation applications for organizations working to improve humanity's long-term prospects for survival and flourishing, including reducing global catastrophic and existential risks. Grants are produced via the recurring S-Process algorithm and meeting procedure, run once or twice per year, plus faster rolling Speculation Grants. Both non-profit and for-profit entities may apply, with for-profit grants administered through Survival and Flourishing Corp.1,2,3,4

Programs

2 programs on file
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SFF S-Process Grant Rounds
0 grants tracked
SFF-2026 S-Process (Main, Freedom, and Fairness tracks): reviewing, closes 2026-04-22; SFF-2026 S-Process — Climate Change track: reviewing, closes 2026-06-10; SFF-2026 S-Process — Animal Welfare track: reviewing, closes 2026-06-24; SFF-2026 S-Process — Human Self-Enhancement and Empowerment (HSEE) track: reviewing, closes 2026-07-08
Speculation Grants (Rolling Application)
0 grants tracked
No cadence on file

Awards

173 on file
Showing 1-25 of 173, newest dated evidence first
  1. Agent Foundations Field Network (AFFINE) [Algorithm Design]
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$79,000
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  2. Agent Foundations Field Network (AFFINE) [Technical Research]
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$165,000
    Date–
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  3. AGI Inherent Non-Safety
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$135,000
    Date–
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  4. AI & Democracy Foundation
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$195,000
    Date–
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  5. AI Futures Project
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$2,035,000
    Date–
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  6. AI Futures Project
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$505,000
    Date–
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  7. AI Lab Watch
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$371,000
    Date–
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  8. AI Objectives Institute
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$538,000
    Date–
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  9. AI Policy Institute (AIPI)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$1,635,000
    Date–
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  10. AI Risk Mitigation Fund
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$530,000
    Date–
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  11. AI Safety Camp
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$200,000
    Date–
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  12. AI Safety Info
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$47,000
    Date–
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  13. AI Standards Lab and Holtman Systems Research
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$184,000
    Date–
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  14. AI Standards Lab and Holtman Systems Research
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$328,000
    Date–
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  15. AI: Futures and Responsibility Programme
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$280,000
    Date–
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  16. Alignment Ecosystem Development
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$91,000
    Date–
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  17. Alignment in Complex Systems Research Group (ACS Research)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$706,000
    Date–
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  18. Alignment of Complex Systems Research Group
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$64,000
    Date–
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  19. Alignment Research Center
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$197,000
    Date–
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  20. Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$113,000
    Date–
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  21. Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$30,000
    Date–
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  22. Amodo Design Ltd.
    ProgramSFF-2024 flexHEGs (Jaan Tallinn + Blake Borgeson)
    Amount$1,229,000 total ($1,094,000 Jaan Tallinn, $135,000 Blake Borgeson)
    Date–
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  23. Amplifying AI Safety
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$30,000
    Date–
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  24. Apart Research
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$294,000
    Date–
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  25. Apollo Research
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$251,000
    Date–
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Programs
173
Awards
157
Grantees
$56.0M
Known USD
0
Live rounds
no open or announced rounds on file
Active
Status
Focus Areas

existential risk reduction, AI safety, long-term survival of sentient life, global catastrophic risk, longtermism, civilizational flourishing.

Typical size$10k–$1.6M per grant (most $50k–$500k; up to $4M via the Initiative Committee)
CadenceS-Process grant rounds run once or twice per year (sometimes labeled H1/H2); a rolling Speculation Grant application is open continuously, including when no S-Process round is open.
Sources
  1. survivalandflourishing.fund
  2. survivalandflourishing.fund/2025/recommendations
  3. survivalandflourishing.fund/2024/recommendations
  4. survivalandflourishing.fund/2026/application