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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 101-125 of 173, newest dated evidence first
  1. Manifund
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$90,000
    Date–
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  2. Mathematical Metaphysics Institute
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$53,000
    Date–
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  3. Mathematical Metaphysics Institute
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$85,000
    Date–
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  4. MATS Research
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$639,000
    Date–
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  5. Meaning Alignment Institute
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$145,000
    Date–
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  6. Meaning Alignment Institute
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$149,000
    Date–
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  7. Medronho
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$564,000
    Date–
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  8. Metaculus
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$750,000
    Date–
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  9. MILA - Institut quebecois d'intelligence artificielle
    ProgramSFF-2024 flexHEGs (FLI + Blake Borgeson)
    Amount$29,000 total ($23,000 FLI, $6,000 Blake Borgeson)
    Date–
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  10. Mindstream Project
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$100,000
    Date–
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  11. Missing Measures
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$338,000
    Date–
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  12. ML Alignment & Theory Scholars Research (MATS Research)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$289,000
    Date–
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  13. Model Evaluation & Threat Research (METR)
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$548,000
    Date–
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  14. Model Evaluation and Threat Research
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$204,000
    Date–
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  15. Modeling Cooperation
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$66,000
    Date–
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  16. MSEP Project
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$166,000
    Date–
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  17. OAISIS
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$251,000
    Date–
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  18. Odyssean Institute
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$79,000
    Date–
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  19. Ovelle Bio
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$667,000
    Date–
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  20. Oxford China Policy Lab
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$219,000
    Date–
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  21. Oxford China Policy Lab
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$719,000
    Date–
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  22. Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$311,000
    Date–
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  23. Palisade Research
    ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
    Amount$1,133,000
    Date–
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  24. Palisade Research
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$586,000
    Date–
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  25. Palladium Magazine
    ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
    Amount$42,000
    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