Rolling EA Funds Project Grant

EA Funds, part of the Centre for Effective Altruism and Effective Ventures, makes grants to people and organisations working on projects that could do a lot of good. Applications are always open, the form takes under an hour, and grants have ranged from $1,000 to $500,000. You apply to the fund that fits your work: the Animal Welfare Fund, the EA Infrastructure Fund, or the Transformative AI Fund.

What you get:

• A grant sized to your project: the Animal Welfare Fund has historically granted $5,000 to $200,000 and now accepts requests of $1 million or more
• EA Infrastructure Fund grants are typically $10,000 to $150,000 and rarely exceed $300,000
• Funding for salaries, stipends, project costs and, occasionally, graduate study within a fund's scope
• A decision on most applications within 3 weeks, and on all within 2 months under normal circumstances
• Payment usually 3 to 8 weeks after the decision, faster for urgent requests

What you'll do:

• Pick the fund that matches your project and fill in one online form, which takes under an hour
• Explain your project's goals, your theory of change, your track record and a funding breakdown, ideally at several funding levels
• If recommended, complete Effective Ventures' due diligence and sign a grant agreement before the money is paid

• Open to individuals, non-profit organisations, academic institutions and other entities
• Applicants from any country can apply; you do not need to be based in the US or UK
• You do not need to be a registered charity
• The project must fall within the scope of the fund you apply to
• No minimum or maximum age is stated on EA Funds' pages
• No application fee