California · Public charity
Rethink Priorities
Rethink Priorities' mission is to support organizations, researchers, and changemakers in efforts to generate the most significant possible charitable impact for others in the present and the long-term future.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $149,942
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,080,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Rethink Priorities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $3.6M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $114k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc | $3,080,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Insect Welfare Research Society | $173,887 | 1 | 35% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $149,942 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $103,764 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Family University | $47,450 | 1 | 0% |
| California State University Dominguez Hills Toro Auxiliary Partners | $37,310 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $29,607 | 1 | n/a |
| Arthropoda Foundation | $27,855 | 1 | n/a |
| Opencollective Foundation | $26,566 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Policy and Animal Welfare Inc | $19,059 | 1 | 16% |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Rethink Priorities
- How much does Rethink Priorities give?
- Rethink Priorities reported 6 grants totaling $3,525,908 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Rethink Priorities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (97%), Education (1%), Animals (1%).
- Who are Rethink Priorities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc ($3.1M), Insect Welfare Research Society ($174k), Indiana University School of Medicine ($150k).
- Does Rethink Priorities fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rethink Priorities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Rethink Priorities based?
- Rethink Priorities is based in CA.
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