“SFF 2025 funding by cause area: $34 million to AI (86%), bio (7%), etc.” by JuanGarcia

Summary: this year the Survival and Flourishing Fund allocated $34.33 million to organizations working to secure humanity's future, with the vast majority going to AI (~$29MM), followed by biosecurity (~$2.5MM), and the rest going to various other causes as diverse as fertility, longevity, forecasting, memetics, math research, EA community building, and non-AI/bio global catastrophic risk (GCR) work. Context The Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF) is a philanthropic organization that funds projects and organizations working to reduce global catastrophic risks, strengthen humanity's long-term resilience, and promote flourishing, often through regranting and expert panels to allocate resources efficiently. This year I took a particularly in depth look at where SFF allocated its funds and broke down the results down by cause area. I figured I would share here the results through a brief post as I think it can be of general interest to others working on organizations that the [...] --- First published: September 17th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/vhw6R5P52qJr6opou/sff-2025-funding-by-cause-area-usd34-million-to-ai-86-bio-7 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.