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

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SFF S-Process Grant Rounds

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Speculation Grants (Rolling Application)

0 grants tracked

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Awards

173 on file

Showing 126-150 of 173, newest dated evidence first

RecipientProgramAmountDateEvidence

Panoplia Laboratories
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$60,000
Date–
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Plurality Institute
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$100,000
Date–
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Pour Demain
ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
Amount$70,000
Date–
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Principles of Intelligent Behavior in Biological and Social Systems (PIBBSS)
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$1,014,000
Date–
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Psychosecurity Ethics @ EURAIO
ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
Amount$38,000
Date–
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RAND Corporation [Technology and Security Policy Center]
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$1,022,000
Date–
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Regents of the University of California at Berkeley [Prof. Emma Pierson]
ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
Amount$365,000
Date–
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Rethink Priorities
ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
Amount$99,000
Date–
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Rethink Priorities [AI Strategy Team]
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$28,000
Date–
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Rethink Priorities [Worldview Investigation Team]
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$166,000
Date–
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Safe AI Forum
ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
Amount$580,000
Date–
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SaferAI
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$311,000
Date–
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SaferAI
ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
Amount$95,000
Date–
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Sage Future
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$170,000
Date–
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Secure AI Project
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$383,000
Date–
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SecureBio
ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
Amount$254,000
Date–
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SecureBio
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$754,000
Date–
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SecureDNA
ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
Amount$128,000
Date–
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SecureDNA
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$1,500,000
Date–
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Seldon Labs
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$53,000
Date–
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Sentinel
ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
Amount$131,000
Date–
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Simon Institute for Longterm Governance
ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
Amount$364,000
Date–
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Simon Institute for Longterm Governance
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$400,000
Date–
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Simplex
ProgramSFF-2024 S-Process
Amount$74,000
Date–
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Singapore AI Safety Hub
ProgramSFF-2025 S-Process (Jaan Tallinn)
Amount$336,000
Date–
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Programs

173

Awards

157

Grantees

$56.0M

Known USD

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.

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