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3/ We have a longlist of projects we'd love to fund. ftxfuturefund.org/projects/ We’re particularly keen to launch massively scalable projects: projects that could grow to productively spend tens or hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

Project Ideas - Future Fund

— There are lots of projects we’d love to see launched within our Areas of Interest. This page is a longlist of ideas. If you want to launch one of these projects, please apply for funding! And if...

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4/ Our areas of interest include the safe development of artificial intelligence, reducing catastrophic biorisk, improving institutions, economic growth, great power relations, effective altruism, and more.

Areas of Interest - Future Fund

— This page describes some areas that are (we think) especially important for making the future go well. We’d be excited to fund proposals that might make progress on these areas. For some concrete...

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5/ We fund non-profits and for-profits alike, so long as they are aligned with our mission. We are willing to make big bets, and if we fund you, we won't micromanage your work. There is no limit on how much you can apply for. ftxfuturefund.org/principles/

Our Approach - Future Fund

— Our approach to funding is somewhat different from the approach that people often associate with foundation grantmaking. This page explains how. We hope it encourages people outside of the tradit...

6/ If you'd like to launch one of our proposed projects, or have another idea for a project in our areas of interest—please apply! Please submit your applications by March 21 to be considered in our first open funding round.

Apply for Funding - Future Fund

Our first open funding round closed on March 21, and we are no longer accepting applications. We do not currently have any plans to resume accepting applications and do not know if or when we will do...

7/ We're also launching our Regranting Program. We’re offering discretionary budgets to a range of interesting, ambitious, altruistic people. Our hope is that regrantors will fund great people and projects that weren’t on our radar!

Announcing Our Regranting Program - Future Fund

Our regranting program will offer discretionary budgets to independent part-time grantmakers, to be spent in the next ~6 months. Budgets will typically be in the $250k-few million range. We’ve...

8/ We’ve already invited the first cohort of 21 regrantors to test the program, and we’re also opening up a public process to be considered as a regrantor.

Announcing Our Regranting Program - Future Fund

Our regranting program will offer discretionary budgets to independent part-time grantmakers, to be spent in the next ~6 months. Budgets will typically be in the $250k-few million range. We’ve...

9/ Finally, our Project Ideas Competition: we're announcing a $5,000 prize for new project ideas to add to our website. Submit your ideas by next Monday (March 7)!