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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 26-50 of 173, newest dated evidence first
  1. Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$82,000
    Date–
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  2. Augur
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$160,000
    Date–
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  3. Balsa Policy Institute Inc.
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$33,000
    Date–
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  4. Basis Research Institute
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$296,000
    Date–
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  5. BERI-CLTC Collaboration
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$141,000
    Date–
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  6. BERI-DMIP Collaboration
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$66,000
    Date–
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  7. Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$126,000
    Date–
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  8. Blueprint Biosecurity
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$78,000
    Date–
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  9. Brown University AI Governance Lab
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$326,000
    Date–
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  10. Catalyze Impact
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$74,000
    Date–
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  11. Center for AI Policy
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$288,000
    Date–
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  12. Center for AI Safety (CAIS)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$289,000
    Date–
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  13. Center for AI Safety Action Fund (CAIS AF)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$772,000
    Date–
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  14. Center for AI Safety Action Fund, Inc.
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$1,621,000
    Date–
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  15. Center for AI Safety, Inc.
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$1,146,000
    Date–
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  16. Center for AI Safety, Inc.
    ProgramSFF-2024 flexHEGs (FLI + Blake Borgeson)
    Amount$22,000 total ($21,000 FLI, $1,000 Blake Borgeson)
    Date–
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  17. Center for Humane Technology (CHT)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$468,000
    Date–
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  18. Center for Law and AI Risk
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$134,000
    Date–
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  19. Center on Long-Term Risk (CLR)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$200,000
    Date–
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  20. Centre for AI Security and Access (CASA)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$325,000
    Date–
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  21. Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$117,000
    Date–
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  22. Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$565,000
    Date–
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  23. Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$756,000
    Date–
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  24. CeSIA
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$48,000
    Date–
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  25. Charter Cities Institute
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$119,000
    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